Country Chooser Country InformationSaudi Arabia Standards
Road Traffic:right side
Electricity:
Voltage:127/220V
Frequency:60 Hz
Plug types:A, B, F, G,
TV Systems:
System:SECAM-B/PAL-B / SECAM G
DVD-Region: 2
Geography
Bordering countries:
Location:
Middle East, bordering the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea, north of Yemen
Area:
total: 1,960,582 sq km
land: 1,960,582 sq km
water: 0 sq km
Climate:
harsh, dry desert with great temperature extremes
Terrain:
mostly uninhabited, sandy desert
Economy
GDP: $338 billion (2005 est.)
GDP growth rate: 6.1% (2005 est.)
GDP per capita: $12,800 (2005 est.)
Inflation rate: 0.4% (2005 est.)
Currency: Saudi riyal (SAR)
Exchange rates:
Saudi riyals per US dollar - 3.747 (2005), 3.75 (2004), 3.75 (2003), 3.75 (2002), 3.75 (2001)
People
Population:
note: includes 5,576,076 non-nationals (July 2006 est.)
Growth rate: 2.18% (2006 est.)
Religions:
Muslim 100%
Languages:
Arabic
Government
Capital:
name: Riyadh
time difference: UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
Independence:
23 September 1932 (unification of the kingdom)
Note: Information on Saudi Arabia was mainly sourced from CIA's World Factbook and may represent an American point of view. To learn more about Saudi Arabia, please visit one of the links below.
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